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Quiz about First Lines from the 70s and 80s

First Lines from the 70s and 80s Quiz

First lines and last lines are usually recognizable - like the first few bars of music that spark excitement for the song you are about to hear. Included here are some first lines of songs I enjoy. Can you guess the name of the song? Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by chemquiz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
chemquiz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
163,038

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Well I started out down a dirty road..." Hint

Free Fallin'

Out In The Cold

You Got Lucky

Learning To Fly

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Question 2 of 10

2. "I don't care if you hurt me some more." Hint

You're All I've Got Tonight

All Mixed Up

Don't Cha Stop

Good Times Roll

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Like a strange cat running in the heat of the night." Hint

Heaven Knows

Billy's Revenge

The Way I Feel

Tall Cool One

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Loaded like a freight train." Hint

Think About You

Nightrain

Rocket Queen

It's So Easy

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Question 5 of 10

5. "You're not shy, you get around." Hint

Feels Like the First Time

Urgent

Night Life

Don't Let Go

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you." Hint

Surrender

The Flame

I Want You to Want Me

Tonight It's You

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Sometimes, you're better off dead, there's a gun in your hand and it's pointed at your head." Hint

Opportunities

It's A Sin

What Have I Done To Deserve This?

West End Girls

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Bobby's driving through the city tonight," Hint

Captain Jack

New York State of Mind

Say Goodbye To Hollywood

Movin' Out

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Question 9 of 10

9. "All the leaves are green, all my friends are gone." Hint

Rain On The Scarecrow

The Kind of Fella I Am

Minutes To Memories

Rumbleseat

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Well you know, just what you do to me." Hint

Don't Change

I Send A Message

The One Thing

This Time

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Well I started out down a dirty road..."

Answer: Learning To Fly

One of the greats from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. His words of wisdom to listeners of this album: "No Nukes"

2. "I don't care if you hurt me some more."

Answer: You're All I've Got Tonight

From their first album - The Cars - released in 1978. One of the many Boston bands to make it big in the 70's, including Aerosmith & Boston. The late Benjamin Orr released a great album in the 80's containing the Single "Stay the Night"

3. "Like a strange cat running in the heat of the night."

Answer: Tall Cool One

From Robert Plant's fourth solo album, Now and Zen, this is the first song I put on the mix tape I took with me when I went running every day while a graduate student. It got me pumped and ready for the 3 mile circuit.

4. "Loaded like a freight train."

Answer: Nightrain

"Appetite For Destruction" was released in 1987, and Guns N' Roses exploded onto the scene by the summer of 1988. They toured with Aerosmith, starting out as the opening act, but by the middle of tour, due to the success of "Appetite For Destruction" they were co-headliners.

5. "You're not shy, you get around."

Answer: Urgent

The original incarnation of Foreigner was actually comprised of 3 English musicians and 3 Americans. By the time their fourth US album, "Foreigner 4," was released in 1981, the band consisted of 4 members (Dennis Elliott, Rick Wills, Lou Gramm, and Mick Jones), so the title had two meanings for those "in the know".

6. "Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you."

Answer: Surrender

An easy one. A classic Cheap Trick tune from the 1978 release "Heaven Tonight," made insanely popular with the 1979 live concert album release "At Budokan." A Cheap Trick tune, "Mighty Wings," was included on the 1986 soundtrack for the movie "Top Gun."

7. "Sometimes, you're better off dead, there's a gun in your hand and it's pointed at your head."

Answer: West End Girls

According to the liner notes on their album "Discography", this song was originally recorded in 1983 in NYC and became "something of a cult record around the world" so they re-recorded it in 1985 and it appeared as the second track on "please."

8. "Bobby's driving through the city tonight,"

Answer: Say Goodbye To Hollywood

The opening track from the 'Turnstiles' album, released in 1976. Billy Joel was one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the 1970's and 80's. Billy's first band, the Echoes, was formed in 1964, when Billy was still 14.

9. "All the leaves are green, all my friends are gone."

Answer: Rumbleseat

A favorite track from one of my favorite albums, 'Scarecrow' was released in 1985. Although the track was not a huge hit for Mellencamp, the album contained 3 big hits: Small Town, Lonely Ol' Night, and R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.

10. "Well you know, just what you do to me."

Answer: The One Thing

The album Shabooh Shoobah, the first US album for INXS, was released in 1982. INXS had 6 members who formed the group in 1977, straight out of high school in Australia. They worked together with no changes in personnel for over 17 years, until the untimely and scandalous death of their lead vocalist, Michael Hutchence.

Source: Author chemquiz

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